Guided Walk

Meet in War Memorial Hospital Garden, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3PR (Please be advised that this is not a circular tour and will end in the area of Walpole Park)

Explore the heritage of Bury Road and Stoke Road, as far as Walpole Park where the tour will end, with well-known local historian, Lesley Burton. You’ll be enlightened to the features of many interesting buildings that we so often miss as we go about our busy lives in the main shopping areas of the town.

OPENING TIMES

TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE (TIC) BOOKING

BOOKING DETAILS

BOOKINGS IN PERSON at Gosport Discovery Centre on Saturday 15 Aug ONLY from 0900 (Note: TIC will NOT deal with any bookings on this day).

BOOKINGS BY TELEPHONE/EMAIL on Sunday 16 Aug from 1000 (Note: TIC will NOT be open for in person bookings on this day). Subsequent bookings, as long as they are available, during usual TIC opening Mon to Sat, 0900 to 1700.

ACCESS

This walk will be on public footpaths with dipped curbs at road junctions. Accessible for powered or assisted wheelchairs and pushchairs. Various public toilets, shops for provisions along the way.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Lesley Burton was involved in the very first pilot of European Heritage Days held in England, in Gosport in 1992! Two years later Heritage Open Days was officially adopted. She has remained engaged with it ever since. As a founder of this amazing national event, our local organising body have been proud to honour Lesley as Patron of Gosport Heritage Open Days.